Exchange Right (a) Subject to Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 hereof, and subject to any limitations under applicable law, the Operating Partnership hereby grants to each Limited Partner and each Limited Partner hereby accepts the right (the “Exchange Right”), exercisable (i) on or after the date that is one (1) year after the closing of the Offering or (ii) upon the liquidation of the Operating Partnership or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership, to exchange on a Specified Exchange Date all or a portion of the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner at an exchange price equal to and in the form of the Cash Amount. (b) The Exchange Right shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Exchange delivered to the Operating Partnership, with a copy delivered to the Company, by the Limited Partner who is exercising the Exchange Right (the “Exchanging Partner”); provided, however, that the Company, on behalf of the Operating Partnership, may elect, after a Notice of Exchange is delivered, to satisfy the Exchange Right which is the subject of such notice in accordance with Section 2.2. (c) A Limited Partner may exercise the Exchange Right from time to time with respect to part or all of the Partnership Units that it owns, as selected by the Limited Partner, provided that, except as provided in the Agreement, a Limited Partner may not exercise the Exchange Right for less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Units unless such Limited Partner then holds less than one thousand (1,000) Partnership Units, in which event the Limited Partner must exercise the Exchange Right for all of the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner. (d) An Exchanging Partner shall have no right with respect to any Partnership Units so exchanged to receive any distributions paid after the Specified Exchange Date with respect to such Partnership Units. (e) Any Assignee of a Limited Partner may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Article 2, and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such Assignee and shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by such Assignee. (f) In connection with any exercise of such rights by an Assignee on behalf of a Limited Partner, the Cash Amount or the REIT Stock Amount, as the case may be, shall be satisfied by the Operating Partnership or the Company, as the case may be, directly to such Assignee and not to such Limited Partner.
Automatic Conversion (a) Immediately upon the consummation of a Qualified IPO, each share of Exchangeable Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into the right to receive (such conversion, a “ERPS Conversion Event”): (i) an amount of cash equal to (I) the ERPS Liquidation Value; multiplied by (II) the Discount Ratio; multiplied by (III) 0.85 and (ii) that number of shares of Common Stock (valued at the initial Qualified IPO offering price to the public) equal to (I) the ERPS Liquidation Value; multiplied by (II) the Discount Ratio; multiplied by (III) 0.15; provided, however no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon an ERPS Conversion Event but, in lieu thereof, the holder shall be entitled to receive an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock (valued at the initial Qualified IPO offering price to the public) at the time of such ERPS Conversion Event multiplied by such fractional amount (rounded to the nearest cent). (b) The Corporation shall promptly notify the holders of Exchangeable Preferred Stock in writing of the occurrence of an ERPS Conversion Event; provided, that, the Corporation’s failure to provide such notice, or its failure to be received, shall not alter or affect the automatic conversion of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock occurring in connection therewith. In addition to any information that is required by law, such notice shall state: (i) the date of the ERPS Conversion Event; (ii) the amount of cash per share to be paid to each holder of shares of Exchangeable Preferred Stock in connection with the ERPS Conversion Event; (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock per share of Exchangeable Preferred Stock to be issued to each holder of shares of Exchangeable Preferred Stock in connection with the ERPS Conversion Event; (iv) the place or places where the certificates representing shares of Exchangeable Preferred Stock are to be surrendered (or a Statement of Loss as defined in paragraph 8(c) of this Section 5.4 in lieu thereof) in connection with the ERPS Conversion Event; and (v) that payment of the foregoing cash sum (including any payment for fractional shares) and issuance of Common Stock will be made upon presentation and surrender of certificates representing shares of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock (or a Statement of Loss in lieu thereof) without any other obligation or deliverable required of any holder of shares of Exchangeable Preferred Stock in order to receive such cash and Common Stock. (c) Upon an ERPS Conversion Event, the outstanding Exchangeable Preferred Stock shall be converted automatically without any further action by the holders thereof or by the Corporation and whether or not the certificates evidencing such Exchangeable Preferred Stock are surrendered to the Corporation or its transfer agent upon the occurrence of an ERPS Conversion Event; provided, that, the Corporation shall not be obligated to pay cash payable or issue certificates evidencing the Common Stock issuable upon such ERPS Conversion Event unless the certificates evidencing such Exchangeable Preferred Stock are delivered to the Corporation or its transfer agent, or the holder notifies the Corporation or its transfer agent that such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed and executes an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation solely to indemnify the Corporation from any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate (a “Statement of Loss”). (d) Upon receipt of notice of the occurrence of an ERPS Conversion Event, the holders of Exchangeable Preferred Stock shall promptly surrender the certificates evidencing such shares (or a Statement of Loss in lieu thereof) at the office of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Exchangeable Preferred Stock. Thereupon, (i) there shall be issued and delivered to such holder promptly at such office and in its name as shown on such surrendered certificate or certificates or on the Statement of Loss in lieu thereof, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock, as applicable, to which such holder is entitled in connection with such ERPS Conversion Event; and (ii) the cash consideration described in paragraph 8(a) of this Section 5.4. (e) Any Common Stock issued upon an ERPS Conversion Event shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Corporation shall endeavor to take any action necessary to ensure that any Common Stock issued upon an ERPS Conversion Event are freely transferable and not subject to any resale restrictions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any applicable state securities or blue sky laws (in each case other than any shares of Common Stock that may be held by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Corporation). No share of Common Stock issuable or issued to the holders of Exchangeable Preferred Stock in connection with an ERPS Conversion Event under this paragraph 8 shall be encumbered by, or subject to, any agreement, term or condition imposed by the Corporation, any underwriter or other agent of the Corporation restricting: (i) the sale, tradability, distribution, pledge or other disposition of such Common Stock; (ii) the ability to offer to sell, trade, distribute, pledge or dispose such Common Stock; (iii) the ability to contract to sell, trade, distribute, pledge or dispose (including any short sale) such Common Stock; and/or (iv) the right to grant any option to purchase such Common Stock or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, trade, distribution, pledge or disposition of such Common Stock. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no holder of the shares of Common Stock that are issuable or issued in connection with an ERPS Conversion Event shall be subject to any lock-up agreement or market standoff agreement imposed by the Corporation, any underwriter or other agent of the Corporation with respect to such shares. The Corporation shall use its best efforts to list the Common Stock required to be delivered upon an ERPS Conversion Event on the Nasdaq Stock Market at or prior to the time of such delivery.